The Regressor Plays the Game Too Well - Chapter 140

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Episode 140
Chapter 140
Valen and Kaiser charged forward first.
Valen on the right, Kaiser on the left.
I raised my twin blades to block them both simultaneously.
Crash!
The destructive force became apparent in an instant.
Cracks spread across the ground beneath my feet, and I could see the floor gradually collapsing.
Both Valen and Kaiser possessed tremendous power.
But.
It’s insufficient.
I can’t let them think this level will work.
I chuckled softly while thinking this.
Then, seeing Raigan’s magic hurtling toward me, I kicked it away with my remaining leg.
Boom!
Kaboom!
The magic I kicked exploded in mid-air.
Watching this, Valen, Raigan, and Kaiser stared at me with expressions of exasperation.
How was such a thing even possible?
Their faces screamed incomprehension.
They seemed confused about whether I was even a player like them.
I looked more like an NPC—one of the Continent’s legendary powerhouses.
But I already knew this much, didn’t I?
Just as Valen, Raigan, and Kaiser prepared to launch another assault.
A long crimson laser beam appeared from somewhere.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzz!
In an instant, Valen and Kaiser at the front retreated backward and looked up at the sky.
And there they could see Barmon.
“Hmm.”
“How irritating.”
Both of them frowned upon seeing Barmon.
The force and timing of that instant were exquisitely precise.
Had they not dodged, it might have been a fatal blow.
They couldn’t help but feel tense.
However.
I chuckled softly watching Barmon.
But I had no time to linger on that.
The moment Valen and Kaiser fell back, the Allied Forces advanced.
Their numbers were considerable.
Seeing such a massive force pouring in, I swiftly wielded my blades again.
I have many MP recovery skills, but it’s still insufficient.
‘I might actually die several times at this rate.’
If it were around two thousand, I wouldn’t complain, but exceeding three thousand was genuinely burdensome.
At the very least.
‘If only I had completed Isis, then it would be different.’
Then I wouldn’t have worried at all.
But since I don’t have it now.
Above all, without the Immortal Legion, I couldn’t have endured even this much.
The remaining forces currently number around two thousand.
And of those, the Immortal Legion was handling over fifteen hundred.
Naturally, even that appeared evenly matched with the Immortal Legion.
For a mere thousand-strong force, they were performing quite well, but it still wasn’t enough.
Moreover.
Kaiser, who could be called the commander of this Allied Forces, was far too sharp.
His strategy seemed well-conceived.
‘So he’s going for hit-and-run guerrilla warfare.’
Except it was guerrilla warfare utilizing the Allied Forces.
It was certainly innovative.
After all, the Allied Forces were less of a help and more of an obstacle to me right now.
Even looking at the immediate situation.
The Allied Forces never attacked me; rather, I was cutting them down like timber.
Slash! Slash! Slash!
“Ugh!”
“Insane!”
“Block it!”
Even when they tried to block with their shields, I’d twist my wrist in an instant, bend the blade, and it would slither over the shield like a serpent to strike them.
Then it was over.
The tanks became useless.
I was creating quite a favorable situation in the midst of all this.
But reversing the tide of battle with this alone was difficult.
If I die a few times, I can simply resurrect, and my MP recovers completely anyway, making it actually a better situation.
But for the sake of pride, I didn’t want to resort to that.
I chuckled to myself while thinking this.
How would Kaiser respond here?
Reading the opponent’s numbers in advance—that was the key to leading a war favorably.
I was quite exceptional at that ability.
‘Ah, he’ll probably come at me like this.’
If Kaiser were any less skilled, I wouldn’t know.
But I already knew.
Kaiser was a capable commander.
And a capable commander doesn’t simply stand by and watch such a situation unfold.
They would step forward to overcome it by any means necessary.
Then there was only one method.
Jin-woo recalled it and thought to himself.
‘Looks like I might not have to die after all.’
The moment Jin-woo assessed Kaiser’s situation and predicted his next move.
Kaiser swiftly surveyed the battlefield and made his judgment.
Look at how Jin-woo is cutting through them.
He’s rendering the tankers’ shields completely useless.
The shields only obstruct their vision, putting them at a disadvantage.
The answer was clear.
“Tank unit! All of you, discard your shields and charge!”
“Uuuaaaaaaah!”
At Kaiser’s command, everyone threw down their shields.
The countless shields of the Allied Forces vanished all at once.
Then their vision opened up dramatically.
Seeing this, they all rushed forward.
With the shields that had been obstructing each other’s sight now gone, they gained a significant advantage.
Jin-woo frowned slightly at the sight.
Of course, it was all an act.
‘As expected.’
He smirked, but the situation had grown somewhat more urgent.
If things unfolded as anticipated?
I needed to move quickly.
I had to act according to my pre-planned strategy here.
Jin-woo could see Valen and Kaiser rushing toward him.
And Raigan behind them, attempting to provide support.
He assessed the battlefield situation and unleashed a skill toward those in front of him.
An extraordinarily powerful skill that Jin-woo could now wield.
“Hexblade Slash.”
Shhhhwooooosh!
Six sword strikes were unleashed, and in that instant, blade aura erupted forth, sweeping across the entire front in a flash.
Naturally, Kaiser and Valen, who had been charging forward, had no choice but to evade hastily from such tremendous power.
From the sheer force that even cleaved the ground itself, they felt their minds momentarily reeling.
Everyone broke into a cold sweat witnessing that power.
Jin-woo then gripped the Demon Sword Gram and thrust it into empty air.
And with that, a skill activated.
“Weapon Spear.”
Whoosh!
A spear-like blade aura shot forth with tremendous speed.
Kaiser’s eyes widened at the sight.
In that split second when everyone evaded, a sword strike shot toward Raigan.
Raigan, positioned in the rear, quickly deployed a defensive barrier upon seeing it.
It wasn’t something he’d prepared in advance.
Yet he managed to erect a defense with remarkable speed.
But since the tank had thrown all their shields, there was nothing to block it.
And Kaiser and Valen were too far away to intercept either.
Raigan’s only option was to raise his defensive barrier.
However.
Thwack!
“Cough!”
Raigan collapsed with an expression of disbelief.
He’d deployed a defensive barrier, yet it pierced through without any obstruction to strike him?
It made no sense.
But only Jin-woo nodded knowingly as he watched.
‘Okay.’
It was possible because of Weapon Spear, a skill that ignored defenses.
Though it consumed a considerable amount of recovered MP.
Still, it was worth it.
With Raigan down, things had become significantly easier.
Most of the Allied Forces gathered here were merely tanks and melee dealers.
It was only natural—I’d summoned the Immortal Legion to the rear where the ranged dealers had been.
I moved even faster, targeting this exact scenario.
I shifted the All-Rounder buff effect entirely toward agility and accelerated my movements.
Slash! Slash! Slash!
Who could stop me as I moved and attacked at maximum speed?
No one could.
I moved with absolute freedom across the battlefield.
Kaiser and Valen tried to pursue rapidly.
But they were outmatched.
‘Damn!’
‘Tch!’
I was simply too fast.
No matter how the Allied Forces tried to block or attack, they couldn’t contain my movements.
Even when they attempted to stop me, I evaded everything and landed my strikes—what could they do?
My movements at this moment resembled an assassin far more than a swordsman.
The speed was so overwhelming that even watching it unfold, it was difficult to perceive.
Barmon observed this and thought to himself.
Honestly, at this rate, there was no need for him to intervene.
And though he hovered in midair, harassing the Allied Forces,
It wasn’t quite at Jin-woo’s level.
‘Incredible, truly.’
As a Mage, he demonstrated extraordinary capabilities.
And as a swordsman, he was displaying transcendent prowess.
And Barmon could see it clearly.
Kaiser and Valen had lost their reason for a moment after losing Raigan.
Otherwise, there would be no reason to pursue Jin-woo so desperately.
They charged forward driven by vengeance.
But Jin-woo was too fast for them to reach him.
Moreover.
‘They must be anxious too.’
At such a speed, they couldn’t help but think they might be struck down if they simply stood still.
Barmon could see where Jin-woo was luring them.
A battlefield where a fairy was causing chaos in the distance.
He was guiding them there.
Perfectly calculated, at that.
And the fairy—Luna—sensed Jin-woo’s approach and nodded.
She had grasped his intention.
And as expected.
“Luna, now!”
“Chirp!”
At Jin-woo’s command, Luna suddenly extended her hand toward him.
And as Jin-woo nodded.
A colossal spear materialized in Luna’s hand.
A spear with a blade of azure light, wrapped in sacred radiance.
It was Brewnack.
Jin-woo smiled as he passed by Luna, who now wielded Brewnack.
Luna’s eyes widened as she saw Valen pursuing Jin-woo.
And in that instant.
The silhouette of an adult woman briefly appeared behind Luna before hurling Brewnack forward.
As she thrust it, she twisted her wrist to impart a spinning rotation.
Then she released her grip on Brewnack.
Brewnack was hurled forth, sweeping across the entire battlefield.
Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!
The battlefield was utterly devastated.
The Allied Forces vanished like a line being erased in the direction Brewnack was hurled.
And one of them was Valen.
He was swept away while pursuing Jin-woo.
This was precisely what I had aimed for.
And.
“Ugh.”
Kaiser retreated, nursing damage to his left arm.
Valen had taken the direct hit head-on, managing to endure through a skill activation, and I could see Kaiser had managed to evade in that window.
But he hadn’t escaped unscathed.
The magnitude of the damage was considerable.
Kaiser found himself thinking.
My strength didn’t originate solely from me.
‘Can I defeat that pet immediately?’
No—even that pet was difficult to handle.
He’d thought that as long as he was careful with Jin-woo, he’d be fine.
He’d been mistaken.
Kaiser frowned, feeling the potions and the healers around him mending his wounds as he gazed at Jin-woo.
The Allied Forces scattered around Jin-woo’s vicinity, not daring to approach.
Look at that confident, dignified bearing of Jin-woo’s.
‘This is maddening.’
He’d expected to lose.
But he hadn’t anticipated being overwhelmed so completely.
He’d genuinely thought he could hold his own to some degree.
Yet the gap remained vast.
But there was one silver lining.
‘I’ve witnessed his full strength.’
And having seen Jin-woo’s complete power, he was confident he could dominate him in the not-too-distant future.
Why?
Jin-woo had no room to grow stronger now, but if he underwent a class advancement?
It would be tantamount to strengthening his entire army.
So later on, who knows.
That’s what Kaiser believed.
That’s what Jin-woo was right now.
His tactics were exceptional, and Luna was a pet beyond imagination.
Or could one even call her a pet?
But one thing was certain.
‘No matter how superior his tactics or how strong he is now, he cannot compare to me once I command the entire legion.’
He was certain of it.
Moreover, if he enhanced his entire legion with the full power of his body?
Jin-woo would be helpless.
So Kaiser had to prepare.
Watching Jin-woo charge toward him right now.
He would lose this war.
But he would aim for the future.
Evading was beyond his capacity with his injuries, and countering was impossible—Jin-woo was simply too fast.
From the start, the speed was so tremendous that evasion itself was impossible.
Even without a skill, there was no way to block it.
The injury had already cost me the timing to react.
So Kaiser made his choice.
To leave Jin-woo with one final word.
“We’ll settle this next time….”
With a crackling sound, Kaiser turned to ash and vanished.
Jin-woo watched Kaiser disappear and let out a soft chuckle, muttering to himself.
“Usually, kids who say things like that don’t scare me one bit.”
Jin-woo then turned his attention to the remaining Allied Forces soldiers.
He’d expected their morale to shatter completely after their leader fell.
But it didn’t quite work out that way.
Tsk, this cleanup is going to take a while.
Still.
I never doubted for a moment that I would lose.
And so the war between Jin-woo and Kaiser’s Allied Forces ended in Jin-woo’s victory.
And so the war between Jin-woo and Kaiser’s Allied Forces ended in Jin-woo’s victory.

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